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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1977
Page
14
Francisco and Houston clash in a city showdown with notable stakes and spirited play. Analysts note competitive matchups and potential impact on local standings as fans anticipate an edge in defense and scoring from both sides.
Leaders include Murray Laubhon Brenly Kuecker with high team totals and home runs by Barton Feinberg Sylvester. Cedar Rapids pitchers Hartwig win as Cedar Rapids defeats Waterloo 6 0. Friday matchups feature Appleton Cedar Rapids Wis Rapids Burlington Wausau Quad Cities Waterloo Clinton.
In Cedar Hills youth league play Major Boys U S Navy 16 Gibson Realtors 6 as Shawn Byrne hit a grand slam and Mark Lineart homered for the winners. Minor Boys Norman Scott 10 Land-O-Lakes 4 with Meyers two homers and Donnan also homering. Kerr Skelly 23 American Legion 1 with Jett Goe bel homering and a 20 strikeout joint effort. Gibson Realtors 15 MNB 12 as Lisa Metford drove in the winning run and Terry Kohl homered. Hanford Post 20 Street Ins 4 Lisa Kaschmitter had two triples for the winners. Ken's 7 American Realty 4 Debbie DeGroote three hits Julie Waters two for the losers. May City Lanes 20 Ray Koh Realtors 8 Kim Smythe two homers including a grand slam Lisa Welch homered and Carol Sahley four hits for the winners.
Transactions show the New York Giants signing Gary Jeter to three one year contracts. The Philadelphia Eagles sign Oe Carmichael to three one year contracts. Ray Mansfield retires as center for the Steelers. Seattle Supersonics sign Dele Haberman Jeff Frey and Billy Reynolds. Philadelphia Phillies add Bob Steele as a free agent pitcher. Cleveland Barons sign Mike Crombeen and Daniel Chicoine. Cosmos resign Gordon Bradley naming Eddie Firmani as representative. Purdue names Tom Shupe sports information director.
Randy Reichmann struck out 14 for Amana in a 5-2 win over H-L-V. Amana improved to 16-6 while H-L-V dropped to 20-7. Greg Hergert went 3-4, Noel Harman 2-3, and Ray Krauss drove in two runs. H-L-V’s McWilliams added two hits.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy star Tracy Crocker tops Mississippi Valley Conference batting with a .467 average. Washington’s Rick Ruchotzke and Rick Drahn follow at .434 and .407. Kennedy tied for first in MVC softball with Dubuque Senior at 60, Wash fifth, Jefferson tenth, Betendorf tied for sixth.
Dennis Wagner pitched a one hitter and nine strikeouts to lift MFL to a 1-0 upset over Valley of Elgin. Tobin Schwei kert delivered the winning RBI in the ninth, as MFL improves to 12-2 in the Upper Iowa conference and 31-9 overall while Valley falls to 12-1 in conference and 22-3 overall.
Hartwick Husky Ski club will tow as many as nine water skiers at once during a Sunday show at Hartwick Marina Lake Delhi. The event starts at 1 30 p m with a 1 donation encouraged. Club president John Carbaugh and director John Stoklassa lead a program featuring pyramid formations, kite acts, barefoot skiers, jumps, crisscrosses and other routines.
The local golf event lists 1S hole medalist Mrs. Joan Kehrer and 88 hole medalist Mrs. Ted Ruffin. Champion scores include Mrs. Robert Condon 54 and sole champions like Mrs. Bert Kotz 30. Flights A through D note winners such as Mrs. James Cole 55 and Mrs. Ken Madson 68, with various medalists and champions named across divisions.
FMC beats Metro Kiwanis 3 to 1 at Ellis Park with Tommy Mottet throwing a one hitter. Other league games include Wilson's 15 to 1 win over Operating Engineers and Cryovac 21 to 8 over Highway Equipment as suburban youth teams compete across Van Vechten and Moelridge fields.
The Men's City Amateur golf tourney qualifiers begin Sunday at Ellis Park with 27 holes forming the Ellis qualifying, while eight sites total will advance 10 players each except Ellis where defending champion Mike Irvine competes for Ellis. The championship rounds follow August dates at Squaw Creek St. Andrew's and Ellis with 18 and 9 hole formats.
Rod Smith sparked an 8th inning rally as Alburnett beat Central City 13 to 12 on Wednesday. Fred Morris collected three hits including a triple. Alburnett improves to 6 and 10 after also beating Ed-Co 180 in a July 5 game with Rod Smith going 5 for 5 including a homer.
North-Linn beat Maquoketa Valley 9-4 in Tri-Rivers play Wednesday. Janice Hargrafen homered for Maquoketa Valley but Joanie Cook went 3-4 with a triple for North-Linn, and Kim Sorensen was 2-4 with a triple. The winners improve to 9-4 in conference play.
Regis Benton Community routed Cedar Rapids Regis 7 to 0 in a Thursday softball game. Regis improves to 4 12 for the season as Neil Sullivan goes 3-for-3 to lead the offense. DeGraff and Ransom, Fagan and Gavin listed in the line score.
Waukon improved to 23-1 with an 11-1 five inning victory over Postville. Selma Kugel Marcia Huffey and Kris Spiegle r each had two hits in the win and led the charge against Postville.
Prairie sophomore baseball used relief pitching by Scott Lynch to beat Marion 9-8. Jeff Hare went 4-4 with three RBIs and Dave Juhl went 3-4 with three RBIs as Prairie pulled ahead in a tight contest.
Alberto Davila of Pomona California outpointed Manny Vazquez of Mexico in a 10 round bantamweight bout. Frank Ballazor of Los Angeles stopped Miguel Ruiz of Mexico in 1 round at the same show.
LaSalle pitcher Tina Kramer tossed a one hitter to lead the Lancers past Iowa City Regina in a high school girls softball game. Carrie Spaight tripled and Cindy Hawes added two hits as LaSalle improved to 19-3 on the season.
Senior, in a tight game on Kennedy’s home diamond, used a stout defense to beat Kennedy 6 1. Kennedy made six errors while Mona Mossbarger and Sue Dulek each had two hits. Bundy, Meyer, Mossbarger, and Kramer contributed in the win.
In Dubuque Hempstead defeated Cedar Rapids Washington 9 to 8 in the ninth inning after a late rally. Tami Smith, Kelle Kolkmeier, Gert Wilson, Barb Mims and Kelly Strait each had two hits as Hempstead improves to 10-12 overall and 3-5 in the Mississippi Valley conference.
Mechanicsville tops Olin 6-3 at halftime of Wapsie conference softball play to move to 6-1. Winning pitcher Kathy Beck. Comer triples, Pruess doubles, Lovell walks and scores twice. Losing pitcher Pat Chamberlin leaves Olin at 4-3.
Hawks win 7-6 over Linn-Mar led by Matt Schmitt and Ralph Bechka homers. Pat Malarek adds two hits as Prairie improves to 10-12 on the season. Final line shows Linn-Mar 6 Prairie 7 with key RBIs from Gibney, Summers, Meewees and Steen.
Ellis park the Ellis park men s and women s golf groups promote a junior golf program for boys and girls 8 to 17. It opens Monday July 11 with weekly competition. Ages 8 10 play three holes from 8 to 8 30 a m ages 11 17 play nine holes from 8 30 a m prizes to be awarded. For information call Gloria Tschetschot at 393 5722.
Tiernan of Linn-Mar fired a no hitter and added two hits as Linn-Mar upset Prairie 14 to 4. Linn-Mar improves to 7-17 on the season. Prairie-Lin high school game details include Lynch Flood Tiernan Redmond.
Springville rolled past Ed-Co 181 on Wednesday night. Val Penney went 3-3 with three RBIs while Rick Poessehl homered and drove in two as Springville improved to 12-3 on the season.
Linn-Mar beat Center Point 12 1 in a Thursday sophomore baseball game. The Lions move to 9 5 on the season.
The Cedar Rapids Swim Club hosts its eighth annual AAU sanctioned meet at Noelridge Park starting 9 a.m. Sunday July 10. Bill Weisley and Gary Miller direct the event with teams from Iowa and neighboring states vying for a guest trophy donated by McDonald’s of C.R. The public may attend free of charge.
Williamsburg’s Raiders edged Jefferson 3-2 as sophomore Dike Augustine pitched well for Jefferson. Kenny Doehrmann earned the victory for Williamsburg with an errorless effort while Augustine allowed four hits and Doehrmann gave up seven.
Benton Community upset Beckman 2-1 in Dyersville as a man pushed across two runs in the second inning. Benton finishes East Central Iowa conference play 9-1 and 25-6 overall, with 6 hits to Beckman’s 4 and nine runners left stranded. Eric Calef and Joe Boddicker each had two hits for Benton.
Orv Salmon, former Centerville high school boys basketball coach, has been appointed to a similar post at Des Moines North. The move places Salm on in charge of the IMS program, with expectations of building a strong squad at the Des Moines campus.
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